Double-seaming machine.



U. E. FORRY. v DOUBLE SEAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZB, 1909. Y

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

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DOUBLE SEAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

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' APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909. Patented 0011.22, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

"Patented Oct-22, 1912.

-10 SHEETS-SHEET 1o LMQ L To-all whom it may concern:

I ma -w ime A oEi icE.

CHARLES E. FORRY, or OAKLAND, .cALIEoRNIe,, 'AssIeNoE, BY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, T AMERICAN CAN'COMPANY, or SAN ER i'ivo sco, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Forms,

a citizen of the United States, residing; at Oakland, in thecounty of Alameda and State of California,'have invented new and-'- useful Improvements in Double- Seam'in'g' Machines, fica'tion'. I 4 i v The object :of the present invention is to of which the following isa-speciprovide a rapid and effective machine for supplyingtops to can bodies, and for double seaming the same thereon.

The invention resides in the novel construct-ion, combination, and arrangement'of" parts for the above ends, hereinafter fully" specified, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure" 1" is'a front view of the apparatus; F i'g. 2' is v a rear' view of the same, partly in ver-' tical section; Fig. 3'is a horizontal section on the'lin'e 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig.4 is a detail side view of the mechanism for-feeding the cans; Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the guides; Fig. 6 is a side viewthereof; Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view on a reduced scale, showing the mechanism for feeding the can tops andalso the carrier arms, other parts being omitted; 8 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of the mechanism for feeding the can tops;, Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale "of the central part of the apparatus;

'ger; Fig. 11 is a side view of the same"; Fig. ,12 is a side view of the upper collar for the same; Fig. 13 is a top plan view of the driving gear; Fig. 14 is a plan view of the arm supporting the upper bearing forthe main shaft; Fig. 15 is aside view of said arm and of the cam groove carried thereby; Fig. 16 is a side view'of said cam groove looking in a direction at right angles to that of Fig. 15 Fig. 17 is a front view and Fig. 18 is a side view of the roller operating in the cam groove shown in'Fig. 15; Fig. 19 is a plan view of the spider; Fig. 20 is a broken front view of the rod operated thereby; Fig. 21 is a side view .of

the same; Fig. 22 is a sectional view showing the driving mechanism for the crimping devices; Fig. 23 is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 24is a side viewof .the chuck, the stem therefor and the support for said stem; Fig. 25 is a side view of one of the noUBLE-sEAiiiiNG MACHINE. i

a plan View of the-same';'Fig. 27 is a. verti F ig. 44 is a plan view of the finger of the Specificationof Letters-Patent. Pa,13ente(i'-O0t.22,1912. Applicationfiled J'ulyilfi, 1909. Seria1N0.'509,66 3.

eccentricrollericarrying arm's;

' cal section of the inner tube and head; Fig; .28 s a similar view of the outer tube; Fig. 2 9 is an enlarged sectional view ofa' pore stron of' the crimper; 30 .is an enlarged fvi'ew, partly .inside'eleva'tion and partlyhin 5 vertical section, of the main shaft and two of the carriers; Fig. 31 is aplan viewof the upp r feed disk; Fig. 32-is a side,view of the same; Fig. 33 is aplan view of the spacing. feed disk; Fig. 34 is a side view. ofthe same; F g-35 is the lower feed disk; Fig. 36 ,is a

side view of'thesame; Fig. 37 is a plan view of the c'rimping'head; Fig. 38"is a vertical fseetionof the same; Fig. 39 is a plan view of o eof the cams thereof; Fig. 40 is aside gview of the same; Fig. 4l is a plan view :Qf theother-cain'; Fig. 42 is a side View of said cam; Fig. 43 is a sectional view of the mechanism for'feeding the can tops;

feed chain; Fig. 45 is a side View of the same; Fig. 46 is a vertical section of a por tion-ofthe can,.illustrating the operation .of fianging; Fig. 47 is a similar View, show-' ing a top in position on a can; Fig.-48 .is' a I I Referring to the drawing, l indicates a hollow base, the top of which is formed .witli a'shaft bearing 2, (Fig. 2) and is'extended beyond the wall 3 of the -base to form a ,flange 4. Upon said top is secured anupright 5 having an overhanging arm 6, in the .end of which is formed an upper shaft bearing 7. In said upper bearing 7 rotates a sleeve10', within which the upperend of a shaft ll also rotates, and to-said sleeve abovesaid bearing/7. is keyed a gear wheel 12.

.Said gear wheell2 meshes with a gear wheel 13 secured to:a bevel gear'14 on a vertical counter shaft 15, rotating in'loearings 16,- 17. Said bevel gear 14 meshes with a bevel pinsimilar view showing the operation of. spine I ion 18 upon a horizontal shaft 19 rotating in.

a bearing 20011 said arm 6, and adapted to be rotated from any suitable source of power. The lower end of said countershaft 15 carries a'pinion 21, which meshes with a large gear wheel or upper spider 22 (Figs.

2. 19,24), fixedly secured to the shaft 11.

Said gear wheel or spider 22 is formed with a suitable number, "as four, of cylindrical vertical bearings23, all of which are connected by a circularvertical'rib or wall 24,

' said wall being strengthened by outstanding vertical ribs-bi;buttresses 25.- Said upper spider is also formed with upper slide bearings 26 (Figs. 2, 24), in vertical alin'ement with the several lower bearings 23, sald wall being rout awaybetween each upper and lower" bearing and" to considerable distance on each side to make room for'pinions hereinafter described. ,To said shaft- 11 is also keyed, as shown at 27, the hub28 of a lower sp der 29, (Figs/2,. 9,30), which. is formed withia'like number as four, of-ver-tical slide bearings 30 for guiding sleeves 31 (Figs. 2, 12, 30) to receive-plun'gers 9 for support ing. theca-n bodies as hereinafter described.

8 Also correspondingto each slide bearing 30,

and between-itandits central hub,"the lower spider is formed" with; a pair of bearings. 32, 33.

The can bodies are fed to the machinemeans of an endless link belt ,34 (Figs. 1,

i 2, 3,) which is located tangentiallyto the general frame of the machine, (as shown-in F 1g. 3) and, being continued onward, also serves to remove the cans when the operation is completed. The cans travel on said link belt in a feed guideway 35, the feed end of said guideway 35 being curved inward toward the center of the machine, and each can in turn being positively fed alongsaid guideway. to the machine from said link belt by one or the other of two rotating oppositely extending arms 36 mounted upon a vertical shaft 37 driven at the lower end by means of a bevel gear 38 (Figs. 1, 2) meshin with a bevel gear 39 on a .horizontal shaft .40 having a bevel gear 41 meshing with a bevel gear .42 on the shaft'll. Said shaft 40 also carries a sprocket wheel 43 which propels the endless belt 34, which passes around suitable idle wheels 44 at the ends of itshorizo-ntal path. The c an having thus been movedby one of said-arms 36' toward the. center of the machine is shifted on to -,one. of a number of supporting disks 45 (Figs. 2, 30) severallysecured to the plungers. 9 each slidable in one of the sleeves I ,31, which are slidable in -.the bearings 30 as heretofore described. The plunger 9 is prevented turning in the sleeve 31 by means of a feather 46. At the time the can is fed on to the disk 45, said disk is resting upon the top of said sleeve 31. In a lateral bearing .in said sleeve islsecured; an eccentric. inner end of a' stud 47 (Figs. 25,'30,) carrying a cam roller 48, said eccentric portion being, for adjustment, rotated in its bearing in said sleeve, and secured by aset screw 49. In the rotation of the lower spider and of the shaft 11, said cam roller 48 runs upon a cam track 50 (Figs. '1, 9) which, at the proper time, 'raises the sleeve 31 and therefore also the can body 8.

In the bearing corresponding to each slide bearing31, can turn a sleeve '51 in which can slide vertically, while keyed th'ereto, a shaft 52. A second shaft 53 can slide vertically in" the other bearing Said shafts 52, 53, also slide through an ex tension 54, oversaid bearings 32, 33, from the sleeve 31, (Fig; 12); Over said extension is a forked guide piece 55 for the cans, (Figs. 5, 6, 30) having apertures through which said shafts 52, .53, pass, and above said guide".pieces-55 are fixed to the shafts 52, 53, two diverging'jaws56, (Figs. 3, 7) the function of which jaws-"is to closely surround the canbody near .the top, s'o that their upper surfaces formja pressure sur-' face upon which to flange the upper edge of the can.

lower end of the sleeve 51 has secured. there Said jaws aregearedtogether by I intermeshing gear te'eth 57 ,so that they turn in unison, but in opposite directions.- The to an arm 58 (Figs. 9, 10, 11, 30) carrying a roller 59 which runs in a cam groove 60 formed in a cam 61 secured to the lower bearing 2 formed on the top of the base 1.

By the movement of said roller 59 in said cam groove 60 saidjaws are opened and closed. They are open at the time when the can is moved toward the center of the mach1ne,"s0 that said can can freely pass between. said jaws. In so passing the can is guided-into position by means of the forked guide" piece 55. Immediately after so pass- 1 ing into position, the-jaws, close, owing to the roller 59 engaging an incline 64 in the cam groove, and the can, is then firmly clamped between said jaws. .lVhile this is taking place the roller 48 secured upon the lowerend of the sleeve 31 isrising upon the cam track 50 and is raising theican, and

which is adapted to enterthe recessin the top 68, (Fig. of the can when double seaming the can. Around said tube 66 rotates a sleeve 69,,(Figs. 3.7, 38) formed at 7 3 uponwhich a fianging roller 74 is mount ed eccentrically so that said roller can be adjusted by turning the stem in-its bearing,-i1

being then secured thereinby a set screw 7 While the can is traveling from the point of entry to the position marked a in Fig. 9, the roller 48 secured to the sleeve 31 and running upon the cam track 50, raises the can 7 body'8 and jaws. 56, and the edge, of the can body .thus rises up against said Hanging ,its lower end with a head 70, having a block -71 in which isfo'rmed a circular radial hear ing 72. In saidbearing'is carried a stem The rise ofthe cam track 50 whereby the" fianging of the can body effected gradual up to the point marked a in Fig, 9, whereupon the can body and jaws 56 quickly drop. to the lowest level, at which level theycan pass under .a guideway by which the' tops are fed to the cans. Said sleeve 69 at its upper end carries a pinion 76 driven by a 'gear wheel 77 (Figs. 1, 2, 22, 23), keyed tov the sleeve 10 which revolves aboutthe' shaft 11 and carries, above the upper bearing 7 the gear wheel 12driven' in the manner already described. The ratio of the teeth of the gear wheel 12 to the gear 13 is lO to 6, while that of the gear wheel 22 to the pin ion 21 is 10 to 1, the effect of which is that the gear wheel. 12, and consequently the gear wheel 77, makes six revolutions to one revolut'ion of the spider, that is, to onecomplete revolution of the can in its orbit. The diameter ratio of the gear ,wheel 77 to the pinion 76 is such that the inner sleeve 69 makes 20 rotations for one revolution ofthe can in its orbit around theshaft.

To the gear wheel 77 is secured a gear v ring 78 beneath it", of slightly less diameter than the gear wheel 77, which meshes with a. pinion 79 which is keyed to an outer sleeve 40 80. said inion.79 bein of reater diameter than the pinion 76, the effect of this being 1 that. while, the upper pinion 76 may make 20 revolutions to one complete revolution of the can in its orbit, the lower pinion 79 will make only 19 revolutions and willtherefore produce a movement of said sleeve' 80, relative to the inner-sleeve 69, of one revolution for each complete revolution of a can carrier. I v

It is now necessary to secure to the can body either the bottom, if the can is empty.

or the top if the can is filled. After being flanged the can and jaws 56 are moved down to a lower level by means of a cam 110, on

the under side, of which rides the cam roller 48. Said cam then positively forces the sleeve 31 downward in its bearing, and causes the'can to descend to a\posit1on be- 'neath the level of the can top guideway, the 60 jaws 56 also descending with said sleeve. In

their lowermost position they remain until such time as they are supplied with another A Mounted upon the base is a hollow stand- 1 ard81, (Figs. 3, 8,43,) upon the top of i can tops.

which is supported a cylindrical feed chain.

her or hopper "82 for the tops, said hopper having formed integral therewith at the hot-- tom :1 guideway 83 forfthe can-tops extend-v ing over the path of the cans. Mounted-in bearings 84 and 85, inasaidibas'e and eXtension, is a vertical shaft Sti Which is driven "by a sprocket Wheel-87, sprocket chain 88 and sprocket wheel 89 from-the shaft 11 at.

twice the speed of the latter. At its upper end said shaft 86 carries as'procket wheel 90 which, by 'asprocket chain 91 drives a sprocket wheel 92 upon a' vertical shaft 93, upon which is also a sprocket wheel 94 around which travels a sprocket chain 95, which travels also aroundthe idle sprocketwheels 96 upon vertical shafts 97. Upon each'of the shafts 93 and 97 are secured I three disks. 98, 99, and 100 (F igs; 3136,) those upon the shaft 93 being slightly larger than those upon the shaft 97-, although of approizimately the same; form and similarly arranged. Each of the upper and lower disks 98, 100, is formed in its periphery with'diametrically opposite concave notches or recesses 101 of such concavity that, when- '-the notches of the corresponding dislzs of all three series are'in'nerm'ost, a can top can drop therebetween. The intermediate disks 99 have no notches and serve merely as spacing disks. Eachof the upper disks has its periphery beveled or sharp from a point immediatelybehind each notch and gradually thickening to a point immediately in advance of theo't-her notch, to enable it in its rotation, to easily pass between adjacent The periphery of the lower disk 100 is not beveled. A supply of can tops having been dropped into said hopper, and the shafts 93, 97, rotating, and all of said upper disks 98 having rotated to such-a positicn that a concave notch 101 in, each is at the lowermost series of disks 100, which at. that time are not in" such a position that their notches faceinwardly. As the disks rotate, the edges of the uppermost disks 98 ad yacent to the concave notches pass underneath the can-top next above the lowest, and

slightly raise the same out of contact with thelowest can top. In the continued moveme'nt ofthe sprocket chain 95, the lowermost disks are now moved into such a position that their l'lOtChie i all face inwardly,

permitting the lowermost can top to drop therethrough',but, at that time, the uppermcst disks 98 have rotated tosuch a position that the notches therein no longer face inwardly, and the sunplv of can tops rests upon said uppermost disks. The operation .to the chuck preparatory to forming the is then repeated for thenext. lowest top, and so for each in succession. Smce each of the upper and lower' disks has two.

notches, it results that two can tops drop for each complete rotation of the shaft 86,'and therefore four can tops for each complete rotation of the main shaft 11,.this arrangement being necessary by reason of the fact that the machine is constructed with four can carriers. The lowermost top, having dropped from the hopper to the guideway- 83, is now engaged by. one of the fingers 102- (Figs. 8, 4 1, carried on the sprocket.

chain 91 and is pushed-along'esaid guideway. into a position over'ithe'path of the can up Y operation of the .crimpingwhiclI-Will now be explained. I:

- Within the tub-site ail-nag a long teml or pin 10 1 (Figs. ,2, 21, 30,38) which has at the top an inwardly or laterally extending :arm 1O5 carrying a roller 106Qwhich travels again raised by reason of a cam roller 108 'in a cam groove 107 secured 'upon'the arm-6. At. the point to. which the can has beendescribed as now arriving, the can body-is carried on the lower end of the,plunger 9 a ing inf-an openendedslot111 formed in the cover o'f'the guideway 112. The-can body riding up an incline ofa cam track 109.

The efiect of this is to raise the can body up within the flange. of the top, while at thesame time the lower end of the stem 104- impingesupon the middleofthe can top. The can: body and can top, are thereby clamped between. thec'chuck45on the phm-. .35

ger 9 and said stem 104 and are carried with the spider, the lower end'of the stem traveland can top travelv horizontallyj until the latter has completely cleared theguideway, and then,"by1 suitable inclines in these cams, the plunger 39'andstem-104 rise'simultaneously, permitting the can body and can top rise up to the crimping. device'which will now be explained. In the head 70 formed on the lowerend of said sleeve 69 are'formed vertical pivot bearings 114, 11 1", (Fig. 37 I in which are 'pivoted' vertical shafts 115, 115, to'the lower ends of which are securedarms 116, 116, which carry at theirouter endscrimping rollers 117, 117;

These shafts are rocked to move the crimping rollers to and from the .Work in the following manner. On the lower, end of the sleeve 30, which surrounds the sleeve 69, are

- formed gear teeth 118, the teethof-which mesh with gear wheels 119, 119, 1 pivoted upon stud shafts'120,i120', extending up.-

ward from thebase of the head, and upon said gearjwheels 119, 119' are supported cams 121," 121 'having upstanding studs 122,122, carried by arms 123, .123", socured to thevertica lshafts 115, 115.. From said gear wheels 119, 119 extend n wardly' pins 124, 124 which engage radials ots 125,

described,

2. In an appar-atus'o'f the character a e-- to rotate with the gear Wheels. The cams engage a circular disk 126 around the sleeve 80, and the operation is therefore as follows :As said sleeve 80 rotates, and with it the gear wheel 118 at its lower end, the gear wheels 119, 119 are also rotated, thereby r0 t-ating the cams. The cams in their rotation engaging the circular disk 126, produce by the inclinesthereon a rocking movement of the shafts 115, 115, and move the rollers to and from their work. The arrangement of these cams is such that, of the two crimping rollers 117-, 117 the crimping roller 117 is used for spinning the edge of thecan top to bend it over the flange of the can body Immediately before the lowering of the can the jaws- 56 begin to open by reason of the roller 59 traveling in the cam groove 60.

While this is taking place the can has im- 125' in said cams, thereby causing the cams pinged against a deflecting'bar'129, which I divertsthe can from its circular path, so that saidcan propelled by the succeeding cans, is guided by said deflecting bar to a position over the endless belt 3 1 and delivery guideway- 130. 'I-cla11n: t 1. In an apparatus" of the character described, the combination of a rotary shaft, a plurality of vertical slide, bearings car- .ried by said shaft, sleeves slidable in said bearings, plungers' slidable vertically in said sleeves and arranged to support the can bodies,fandindependent cams for sliding said sleeves and plungers, substantially as scribed, the combination of a rotary shaft,

,a plurality of slide bearings carried by said shaft, plungers therein arranged to support can-bodies, a pair of bearingsbetween each slide bearing and the shaft,'diverging jaws arranged to closely surround; the can body near the top,-shafts for said jaws having a rotary movement, and slidable in said second named bearings, and means for rotating said shafts in unison, substantially asdescribed. 3. In an apparatus of the character-described,fithe combination of a rotary shaft,

gafplurality of slide-bearings carried-by said shaft, plungers therein arranged. to support,

can bodies, a pair ofl-bearings between each slide bearing and the shaft,i diverging"jaws arranged to closely surroundthe. can body near the top, shafts for said jaw-shaving a rotary movement, and slidable in said second named bearings, gear teeth meshing with each other and operatively connected with 1 slidable therein, and arranged to carry'a can.

said shafts whereby they rotate in unison, and a cam for rotating one of-js'aid shafts, substantially as described.

' A. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of arot'aryshaft,

a slide bearing carried thereby, aQ Pliinger body, a pairof bearings'also carriedby said shaft, pa=pair of jawsand shafts for said jaws, said "shafts having intermeshing gear.

teeth so that theyturn in unison ingopposite directions,- a sleeve in one of'.'said second named bearings in which one of said shafts *can slide whild keyed thereto,i the other shaft being'slidable in the other bearing, an arm carried byfsaid sleeve, a roller ca rriedfby said arm, and a cam for actuating said roller,

substantially as described, 4

'lhecombination of a rotary'sha-ft, a: carrier for-a can body, a pair. of aws-arranged to clamp a can on said carrier, means for moving the jaws in unison in opposite directions to clamp the eanand form a pressure surface upon which to flange the upper edge of the can, and means for Hanging" said upper edge upon said pressure surface,

substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the characterldescribed, the combination of a rotary shaft,

-a spider connected thereto, and having a plurality of slide bearings, a sleeve slidable vertically in each bearing, said sleeve havmg an extension, :1 plunger shdable vertr 'cally in each sleeve, a disk'supported upon said plunger for supporting the can body, a cam roller carried by said plunger, a cam arranged to actuate said-roller to raise the plungers, an arm extending laterally from said sleeve, a cam roller carried thereby, a

cam for moving said roller vertically, said spider having also a corresponding series of ,pairs of bearings, a sleeve rotatable in one of said second named bearings, a shaft slidable vertically in said latter sleeve, a shaft also shdable vertically in theother bearing, said latter shafts passing through said exten sion, a guide carried bylsaid latter shafts, and jaws'secured to said latter shafts arranged to clamp the can body, substantially as described. t

7. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a rotary shaft,

a spider connected thereto,'and' having aplurality of slide bearings, a sleeve slid able vertically in each slide, a plunger slidable vertically in each sleeve, '1' disk supported upon said plunger for supporting the can body, a cam roller carried by said plunger, a cam arranged to actuate said roller to raise the plunger, an arm extending laterally from said sleeve, a cam roller carried thereby, a cam for moving said roller vertically, said spider having also a. corresponding series of pairs of bearings, asleeve rotatable in one of said second named bearings, a shaftslidable vertically in said latter sleeve, a shaft also slidable vertically inthe other bearing, said latter shafts sliding through said extension, a guide carried. by said latter shafts, jaws secured to said latter shafts arranged to clamp the can body, meanswhereby said latter shafts rotate in unison, an arm on said last recited sleeve,

a roller carried by said arm. and a cam arranged tor actuate said roller to turn the sleeve, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a rotary shaft, a

lower spider having a plurality of slide bearlngs, shdable devices in said bearings arranged to support can bodies, means for moving said devices vertically in said'bearings, an upper spider carried by said shaft, having a corresponding plurality of slide bearings, a-chuck support, in each of said bearings, a chuck supported on the lower end of said support and adapted to enter the recess in a can top, a sleeve around said chuck support, means for preventing the vertical movement-of said sleeve on said chuck support, and a flanging roller fixedly supported by said sleeve, and double seaming rollers movably supported thereon, substantially as described.

9. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a feed chamber for can tops, a plurality of shafts adjacent to said chamber, means whereby said shaft-s may be caused to rotate in unison, and disks on each shaft, each disk having a notch or concavity in its edge, the disks projecting into the feed chamber and of such dimensions that, when corresponding disks on the shafts are turned so that the notches therein are in the said chamber, a can top can fall therebetween, the notches of the upper disks being angularly arranged differently from those of the lower disks, substantially as described. f

10. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a feed chamber for can tops, a plurality of vertical shafts arranged adjacent to' said chamber, three, disks on each shaft, the middle disk on each shaft being a spacing disk and without notches, and the upper and lower disks'on each shaft being formed with notches, means whereby said shafts are rotated so that to said chamber,-means whereby said shafts may be caused to rotate in unison, disks on each shaft, each disk having a notch or concavity in itsedge, the disks projecting into the feed chamber and of such dimensions that, When corresponding disks on the shafts are turned so that the notches therein are in the said chamber, a can top can fall therebet-Ween, the notches of theupper disks being angularly arranged differently from those of the lower disks, a -guideway for can tops, fingers for pushing the can tops along the guideway and means for moving the fingers in unison With the shafts.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a rotary shaft, a plurality of carriers carried thereby, plun gers in said carriers arranged to support can bodies, a plurality of upper bearings car-- ried by said shaft, tubes in said bearings,in-f nervand outer sleeves on said tubes, means for rotating said sleeves on said tubes, at. differ ent velocities,-and crimping devices carried by one-of said sleeves, and actuated by the rotation, relatively thereto, .of the other sleeve, substantially as described. g

13; Inan apparatus of the character-pie scribed, the combination of a rotaryshaft, a plurality of carriers carried thereby, .plun gels in said'carr'iers arranged-'toisupport can bodies, a plurality of upper bearings carried by said shaft, tubes'in said bearings, inner and outer sleeves .onsaid tubes, means for rotating said sleeves, on said tubes at Y:

separated from each other the thickness of a can head, substantially as specified.

15. In combinatiom a chuck, a device to Which sald chuck 1s secured, a seaming head rotatable about said device, an arm movablymounted upon said seaming head, a vertical shaft carried by said'arm, and a seaming roller on said shaft, a horizontal shaft adjustable longitudinally in a bearing therefor in said head, and a flange ro1le'r.onv sa'id horizontal shaft, the lower portion of the edge of said fianging roller. lying above and closely adjacent to the upper' edge of the chuck.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set i my hand in the presence of two'subscribing' Witnesses. v

onAR s' FQRRY;

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, D. B. Rron mns. 

